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Thu Jan-11-07 11:04 PM
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| -Explosion rips through US embassy (Athens) |
Newsjock |
Jan-11-07 10:57 PM |
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Probably nothing serious |
antiimperialist |
Jan-11-07 10:59 PM |
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I guess you never saw "Z". |
Tesha |
Jan-12-07 06:50 AM |
#62 |
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You should go there during an election. |
bikebloke |
Jan-12-07 09:49 AM |
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Never saw Z |
heliarc |
Jan-15-07 02:26 AM |
#135 |
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But who cares what the rest of the world thinks |
jamesinca |
Jan-11-07 11:00 PM |
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Oh my God |
Penndems |
Jan-11-07 11:00 PM |
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No; the building was unoccupied when attacked. (NT) |
Tesha |
Jan-12-07 06:56 AM |
#65 |
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and so it starts |
Blue_Tires |
Jan-11-07 11:04 PM |
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Yep - we attacked the Iranian embassy in Baghdad yesterday |
proud2Blib |
Jan-12-07 07:30 AM |
#72 |
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More like blowback. n/t |
Mika |
Jan-12-07 09:37 AM |
#82 |
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Or false flag. At this point it doesn't really matter, does it? |
TheWatcher |
Jan-15-07 08:16 AM |
#137 |
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Countries neighboring Greece |
antiimperialist |
Jan-11-07 11:07 PM |
#5 |
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Seems like an inoffensive gas explosion with no casualties |
antiimperialist |
Jan-11-07 11:13 PM |
#13 |
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Local News said it was a "terist" attack |
dubeskin |
Jan-12-07 12:58 AM |
#36 |
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rocket attack that took out a toilet. |
uppityperson |
Jan-12-07 01:03 AM |
#38 |
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and a picture window. |
elehhhhna |
Jan-12-07 07:51 AM |
#76 |
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press speculation just like in the US |
rodeodance |
Jan-12-07 06:50 AM |
#61 |
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So did my local news |
proud2Blib |
Jan-12-07 07:31 AM |
#73 |
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BBC reporting it too |
bobthedrummer |
Jan-11-07 11:08 PM |
#6 |
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That says the explosion was on the third floor |
htuttle |
Jan-11-07 11:11 PM |
#10 |
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yep |
bobthedrummer |
Jan-11-07 11:16 PM |
#14 |
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Bush through down the Gauntlet last night |
lovuian |
Jan-11-07 11:08 PM |
#7 |
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"Its (sic) War" - that seems a bit over the top |
G Hawes |
Jan-11-07 11:42 PM |
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I'm glad my son's plans to visit Athens fell through... |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Jan-11-07 11:10 PM |
#8 |
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He missed visiting a great city |
JoFerret |
Jan-12-07 09:41 AM |
#83 |
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Oh, I doubt it's scared him off... |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Jan-12-07 01:30 PM |
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I sure hope nobody was injured or killed. |
G Hawes |
Jan-11-07 11:11 PM |
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BBC said it was before dawn, so hopefully not. |
mod mom |
Jan-11-07 11:12 PM |
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Good point on the time |
G Hawes |
Jan-11-07 11:34 PM |
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Marines guard our embassies 24 hours a day |
Bucky |
Jan-11-07 11:38 PM |
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Absolutely true |
Penndems |
Jan-11-07 11:44 PM |
#22 |
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I doubt a terrorist bomb would be set to blow during the wee hours... |
Nabeshin |
Jan-12-07 03:03 AM |
#44 |
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damn it all |
charlie and algernon |
Jan-11-07 11:12 PM |
#11 |
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Oh, Great. Were going to invade Greece... |
OSX |
Jan-11-07 11:17 PM |
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Maybe Greece and Persia (Iran) would become allies then |
daleo |
Jan-11-07 11:21 PM |
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Direct from Reuters: |
originalpckelly |
Jan-11-07 11:34 PM |
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More info. continues to be added to that story... |
originalpckelly |
Jan-11-07 11:38 PM |
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Hezbollah? |
mzmolly |
Jan-11-07 11:45 PM |
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They aren't active anywhere near Greece |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-12-07 12:55 AM |
#35 |
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Agreed, this isn't an al-Qaeda-like attack |
Aya Reiko |
Jan-12-07 04:19 AM |
#48 |
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I've heard they have networks all over the world? |
mzmolly |
Jan-12-07 12:37 PM |
#95 |
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It's a Lebanese group |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-12-07 12:55 PM |
#97 |
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Wouldn't have the psycological impact if it was close to home. |
mzmolly |
Jan-12-07 01:10 PM |
#99 |
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Hezbollah is an Iranian-funded but not Iranian group |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-12-07 01:25 PM |
#100 |
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Gotcha. |
mzmolly |
Jan-12-07 01:30 PM |
#102 |
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BBC World Service Radio just reported it was a terrorist attack |
bobthedrummer |
Jan-12-07 12:04 AM |
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1996 it got hit by a rocket too. BBC says rocket now also. |
uppityperson |
Jan-12-07 12:13 AM |
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from AP |
Newsjock |
Jan-12-07 12:07 AM |
#25 |
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Anyone here surprised at the attack? |
Oak2004 |
Jan-12-07 12:11 AM |
#26 |
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From AFP |
suffragette |
Jan-12-07 12:15 AM |
#28 |
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BBC says rocket |
uppityperson |
Jan-12-07 12:28 AM |
#29 |
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Reuters update on rocket |
uppityperson |
Jan-12-07 12:31 AM |
#30 |
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"No injuries" is fantastic news |
Bucky |
Jan-12-07 12:59 AM |
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False flag anyone? |
48percenter |
Jan-12-07 12:40 AM |
#31 |
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Saudi Arabia??? |
darkstar |
Jan-12-07 01:10 AM |
#39 |
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To be pinned on Greek anti-war folks (aka terrorist enablers) |
rman |
Jan-12-07 02:53 AM |
#41 |
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So much wrong with your post. |
spoony |
Jan-12-07 06:03 AM |
#55 |
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then again, it perfectly fits the historic record |
rman |
Jan-12-07 06:20 AM |
#57 |
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Yeah because there's never been |
spoony |
Jan-12-07 06:23 AM |
#58 |
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history of false-flag operations |
rman |
Jan-12-07 06:34 AM |
#59 |
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But it makes no sense here. |
BestCenter |
Jan-12-07 06:25 PM |
#111 |
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Cold war is over, welcome War on Terror |
rman |
Jan-13-07 06:44 AM |
#119 |
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Yes, I'm sure that |
BestCenter |
Jan-13-07 04:59 PM |
#126 |
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You think 'PNAC' is going to leave certain terrorist groups alone? |
rman |
Jan-14-07 07:59 AM |
#129 |
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Greek leftists? |
BestCenter |
Jan-14-07 07:01 PM |
#134 |
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Anti-war movement |
rman |
Jan-15-07 03:36 AM |
#136 |
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....when the money lords and the greed heads start running |
0007 |
Jan-12-07 10:34 AM |
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Greek Communists? |
lumpy |
Jan-12-07 10:39 AM |
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and so it begins. |
BikeWriter |
Jan-12-07 12:42 AM |
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What are the odds of a rocket landing in a toilet? |
The Animator |
Jan-12-07 12:44 AM |
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Remember this isn't the first attack on the Athens embassy |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-12-07 12:51 AM |
#34 |
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Sky News are reporting that a leftist group has claimed responsibility |
Prophet 451 |
Jan-12-07 02:40 AM |
#40 |
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see, Gladio all over again |
rman |
Jan-12-07 02:56 AM |
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So you think Greek Communist radical groups never existed? |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-12-07 12:23 PM |
#93 |
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Seen in the light of Gladio any 'radical' leftist group is a lot less radical |
rman |
Jan-12-07 12:56 PM |
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I don't see how you can get any more radical than pro-Soviet communists |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-12-07 01:29 PM |
#101 |
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How are pro-Soviet communists radical? |
mhatrw |
Jan-12-07 02:40 PM |
#107 |
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But this false flag op would make no sense. |
BestCenter |
Jan-12-07 06:28 PM |
#112 |
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It's basically Occam's Razor |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-12-07 07:48 PM |
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More radical is to perform terrorist attacks on national civilian targets, |
rman |
Jan-12-07 03:14 PM |
#108 |
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Thanks, but |
BestCenter |
Jan-12-07 06:30 PM |
#113 |
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Cold War is over, welcome War on Terror |
rman |
Jan-13-07 06:47 AM |
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But Greece has nothing to do with it |
BestCenter |
Jan-13-07 04:56 PM |
#124 |
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LOL. The whole world has something to do with it. |
rman |
Jan-14-07 08:03 AM |
#131 |
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You sound more and more like a FReeper infiltrator with each post |
BestCenter |
Jan-14-07 06:58 PM |
#132 |
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What's provocative about saying |
rman |
Jan-15-07 09:44 AM |
#139 |
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OK, but what's relevant about a defunct Cold War intel network today? |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-12-07 07:50 PM |
#117 |
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Cold war is over, welcome War on Terror |
rman |
Jan-13-07 06:47 AM |
#120 |
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Except Greece is not a key location in it |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-13-07 11:28 AM |
#123 |
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Not key, but it's a location |
rman |
Jan-14-07 08:00 AM |
#130 |
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Not a bad theory... |
Nabeshin |
Jan-12-07 03:06 AM |
#46 |
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It was a rocket |
Prophet 451 |
Jan-12-07 05:52 AM |
#54 |
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question is how they managed to hit a toilet on the 3rd floor |
rman |
Jan-12-07 06:18 AM |
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They were just trying to give proof throught the night that our flag was still there. |
tanyev |
Jan-12-07 07:20 AM |
#70 |
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By that logic ETA is opposed to Basque independence |
Freddie Stubbs |
Jan-12-07 08:17 AM |
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Uhm no. It's FALSE flag - It means ETA and IRA are fake, |
rman |
Jan-12-07 03:19 PM |
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The IRA is fake?!? |
BestCenter |
Jan-12-07 06:31 PM |
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fake, OR |
rman |
Jan-13-07 07:42 AM |
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You can't blame Gladio on EVERYTHING |
BestCenter |
Jan-13-07 04:57 PM |
#125 |
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I never did say IRA does not exist, did i. |
rman |
Jan-14-07 07:56 AM |
#128 |
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But you're sounding as if you believe that |
BestCenter |
Jan-14-07 06:59 PM |
#133 |
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Depends on who you mean by "they" |
rman |
Jan-15-07 09:39 AM |
#138 |
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I know nothing about ETA |
Prophet 451 |
Jan-12-07 10:53 PM |
#118 |
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In Greece, such attacks are very common |
ButterflyBlood |
Jan-12-07 12:20 PM |
#92 |
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Well there goes the we haven't been attacked since 9/11 argument. |
stratomagi |
Jan-12-07 02:57 AM |
#43 |
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It probably will count for something even if it isn't al-Qaida |
rman |
Jan-12-07 03:05 AM |
#45 |
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So if someone attack our embassy it's terrorism |
DoYouEverWonder |
Jan-12-07 03:33 AM |
#47 |
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Shhhhh! |
Nihil |
Jan-12-07 05:40 AM |
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Rocket hits US embassy in Athens |
annabanana |
Jan-12-07 04:29 AM |
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wow -- that'll wake you up. |
xchrom |
Jan-12-07 04:29 AM |
#50 |
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left wing groups. more here: |
rodeodance |
Jan-12-07 06:52 AM |
#63 |
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" a country brimming with potent anti-Americanism," |
rodeodance |
Jan-12-07 06:53 AM |
#64 |
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Well, something needs to be done about that then, |
rman |
Jan-12-07 03:21 PM |
#110 |
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"explosion ripped through " |
annabanana |
Jan-12-07 04:30 AM |
#51 |
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A right-wing one |
nxylas |
Jan-12-07 12:53 PM |
#96 |
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I hope the US warplanes don't bomb the Acropolis while aiming for these al-Qaeda dudes. |
pinniped |
Jan-12-07 05:36 AM |
#52 |
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"No one could have predicted this". |
Tesha |
Jan-12-07 06:49 AM |
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Blast at U.S. embassy called 'terrorism' ( new Fri. am) |
rodeodance |
Jan-12-07 06:59 AM |
#66 |
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I just saw a picture of the carnage... |
zanne |
Jan-12-07 07:12 AM |
#67 |
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"No blood for Baklava!" |
ChazII |
Jan-12-07 07:15 AM |
#68 |
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That's cute. |
zanne |
Jan-12-07 07:18 AM |
#69 |
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Thanks for the welcome. |
ChazII |
Jan-12-07 07:32 AM |
#75 |
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I'm going to guess that it is someone NOT happy |
coffeenap |
Jan-12-07 07:26 AM |
#71 |
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I do! I do! |
proud2Blib |
Jan-12-07 07:31 AM |
#74 |
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CNN reporting that a rocket was fired at the embassy |
LibertyLover |
Jan-12-07 08:09 AM |
#77 |
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NO INJURIES AND VERY MINIMAL DAMAGE |
mod mom |
Jan-12-07 08:17 AM |
#78 |
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Bastards! |
Nihil |
Jan-12-07 08:41 AM |
#80 |
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Does this mean we are going to bomb Greece back to the Parthenon age? nt |
Javaman |
Jan-12-07 09:07 AM |
#81 |
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Well, the way Bush thinks, he probably bomb Venezuela for it. |
goforit |
Jan-12-07 10:44 AM |
#89 |
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LOL. |
Javaman |
Jan-12-07 11:29 AM |
#91 |
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Actually Turkey. |
dnbn |
Jan-12-07 01:47 PM |
#104 |
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The funny thing is |
BestCenter |
Jan-12-07 06:34 PM |
#115 |
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Obviously these "terrorists" haven't read their history... |
Javaman |
Jan-12-07 10:33 AM |
#85 |
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You let Rummy go and he lets the US have it!!! |
goforit |
Jan-12-07 10:42 AM |
#88 |
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Americans view all terrorists as Mideastern Islamics |
lumpy |
Jan-12-07 10:52 AM |
#90 |
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Reprisal from Iran? |
Bornaginhooligan |
Jan-12-07 12:28 PM |
#94 |
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Guess this means that Bush can't say |
peace13 |
Jan-12-07 01:59 PM |
#105 |
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"Hello? Is this the US embassy?" |
mhatrw |
Jan-12-07 02:21 PM |
#106 |
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3 embassies have been attacked since Bush's Surge speech: |
Iceburg |
Jan-13-07 06:04 PM |
#127 |
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